That was the sort of thing that made a young man with broadcasting stars in his eyes .

VOA: special.2009.08.16

But this week, Mr.Obama could report apparent success in a different sort of battle -- against the largest accidental oil spill ever at sea.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Riis started a personal war against slum houses, the sort he saw in Mulberry Bend.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

"We discovered this bicycle co-op. You can come in there and just sort through a whole garage of old parts and they'll teach you how to basically build a bicycle from the scraps."

VOA: special.2011.05.20

The USA House here in Vancouver is a sort of oasis for the U.S.athletes, their families, and the sponsors and donors that keep them in competition.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"And so they've had to act in sort of a more ad hoc fashion.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"Same sort of strategy - you have to keep yourself in a mobile position,". "And know that I have a lot in that last 250 .

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

"There's quite a bit of concern and disappointment in President Obama, in the sense that Israel sort of under attack on all of these settlement issues, on Jerusalem,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

To this day in Little Havana, the food, including black beans and rice and frita cubanas - hamburgers of a sort, topped with grated fried potatoes - is Cuban.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"It had all those elements, which are sort of older Country meets older soul or Motown put together and produced in a modern way, and lyrically was sassy and witty.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"Even when we know the result of the election, we may not know what the result is in terms of government -- who will successfully make a deal with who to form what sort of government."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

They are lots of fun. They enjoy their work and they have a sense of humor about themselves, so I think that was sort of inherent just in the fact that they have those sort of personalities.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"The doctor appears one way, in scene four it's another way, in scene 10 it's something else and it is something that intrigued me a great deal so I sort of gave myself to the material along with the actors.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

"President Obama has been all over the Middle East, he's been in Turkey, he's been in Saudi Arabia, he's been in Cairo, and giving major speeches, and he has not spoken to or with the Israeli people or really sort of extended his hand as a partner in this entire process,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.29